culminicorn
culminicorn · culminicorns
A horny piece on a bird's beak that envelopes the culmen in some bird species, such as…A horny piece on a bird's beak that envelopes the culmen in some bird species, such as mollymawks.
Meaning
1 sensesA horny piece on a bird's beak that envelopes the culmen in some bird species, such as mollymawks.
Origin
From oblique stem of Latin culmen, culminis (“top, roof, summit, peak”) + -i- + -corn.From oblique stem of Latin culmen, culminis (“top, roof, summit, peak”) + -i- + -corn.
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Forms
plural: culminicorns| Singular | culminicorn |
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Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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